NURS 765C - Concepts of Advanced Nursing Practice Clinical

2 Credits
This clinical course includes 90 direct patient care hours which provides opportunities to enhance critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in designing, delivering, and evaluating advanced nursing practice. Emphasis is on advanced nursing practice within an interprofessional context. Students engage in precepted clinical experiences under the supervision of faculty.

Grade Note(s): NURS 765C requires a clinical practicum component of 90 hours in an identified clinical specialty area. All component corequisites must be repeated if a failing grade is received in any one of them. The lecture, lab(L or V), and clinical (C) components of each NURS and NRPY course must be successfully completed with a B- or better in the same semester.
Fees: Additional course fees apply.
Component Corequisite(s): NURS 765 and NURS 765C
Prerequisite(s): NURS 735, NURS 740, and NURS 740V
Corequisite(s): NURS 738 *
*May also be taken as a prerequisite.
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate evidence-based practices that support advanced nursing practice when delivering and evaluating care.
2. Critique evidence-based research findings to provide quality health care, initiate change, and improve patient outcomes.
3. Assess health experiences (including wellness and illness) of individuals, families, and communities.
4. Collaborate effectively as a member or leader of the interprofessional team in the design, coordination, and evaluation of health care delivery.
5. Provide health promotion, clinical prevention, and disease reduction interventions that affect individual and population-based health outcomes, incorporating the use of health and information technology.